Aau

[BEERDEN]

Hello......Can someone please tell me how much 4AAU are in ounces....Going to brew a Red Ale.......Thank You

 

[Sacdan]

It depends on the hop. You would get that info from where you bought them. What kind are they?

 

[Revvy]

You might find the explanations that I and others write in this thread helpful to figuring out the answer to your question.

What does this hop bill mean?

 

[Revvy]

If you post your recipe we can help explain it better for you.

 

[BEERDEN]

Hi Sacdan......The hops are Mt.Hood....Thank You

 

[Revvy]

Hi Sacdan......The hops are Mt.Hood....Thank You

That still really isn't enough info.

 

[BEERDEN]

Ok..... 4AAU Of Mt.Hood for 60 mins.
4AAU Of Mt.Hood for 15 Mins.
1 1/2 oz Mt.hood for 1 Mins.
Tha's all it says.....I'm New at all grain so please go easy on me....LOL...Thanks

 

[Revvy]

Ok..... 4AAU Of Mt.Hood for 60 mins.
4AAU Of Mt.Hood for 15 Mins.
1 1/2 oz Mt.hood for 1 Mins.
Tha's all it says.....I'm New at all grain so please go easy on me....LOL...Thanks

That's just the hop bill....what's the WHOLE recipe?

And what's the AAUs on your packages of hops?

 

[bob1852]

You need to know the Alpha Acid % to calculate the Alpha Acid units (or AAU)

 

[BEERDEN]

Opp's this may help....I am making 5 gallons.......Thank you

 

[TyTanium]

And what's the AAUs on your packages of hops?

This is the missing piece of info. Look on your package of hops...there should be an AA (alpha acid) number listed right next to the hop type.

 

[Revvy]

Opp's this may help....I am making 5 gallons.......Thank you

We need the ENTIRE RECIPE to help you.....

A recipe looks like this...

Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.013
IBU: 34
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 14

Grains/Extracts
6 lbs Briess Amber DME or 7 lbs Briess Amber LME
8 oz Crystal 80L
8 oz Crystal 40L
4 oz Melanoidin Malt
1 oz Carafa II special
½ oz Roasted Barley

Hops
60 mins 1.0oz Palisades pellet 8.1
20 mins .5oz Sterling leaf 7.0
10 mins .5oz Willamette leaf 4.5
Dry hop 7 days .5oz Cascade leaf 7.0

Yeast
Rehydrated pack of US-05


Can you give us all of it?

 

[BEERDEN]

6 1/2 Lbs. American Pale Malt
1 1/2 Lbs. Vienna
1 Lb Wheat
8 oz Crystal 120 L
8 oz Belgian Special B
4AAU Mt. Hood for 60
4AAU Mt. Hood for 15
1 1/2 oz Mt.Hood for 1 mins.
OG 1.050
FG 1.013
IBU 27
SRM 18
ABV 4.8 %

 

[Revvy]

6 1/2 Lbs. American Pale Malt
1 1/2 Lbs. Vienna
1 Lb Wheat
8 oz Crystal 120 L
8 oz Belgian Special B
4AAU Mt. Hood for 60
4AAU Mt. Hood for 15
1 1/2 oz Mt.Hood for 1 mins.
OG 1.050
FG 1.013
IBU 27
SRM 18
ABV 4.8 %

OK we're getting somewhere...

Now look at the packages of hops you have....Somewhere on the label it will say AAs of the hops....

That will help us calculate how much it will take to achieve what the creator wanted.

 

[BEERDEN]

Rev.......That's the problem..I am trying to put together a order ...I don't have the hops yet

 

[bernerbrau]

The site you are ordering from will have AA% listed.

 

[Revvy]

Rev.......That's the problem..I am trying to put together a order ...I don't have the hops yet

How much you need is determined by the amount of aaus of the hops. You know it calls for 1.5 ounces at 1 minute....you could be safe and order 5 ounces...are you going to a store or ordering online?

 

[Homebrewtastic]

Rev.......That's the problem..I am trying to put together a order ...I don't have the hops yet

What you need to understand is that all hops have a different AA%. They vary from variety to variety. But they can also vary year to year even for the same variety of hop. Until the AA% is known we can't tell you.

 

[Revvy]

It says on one of the websites that mount hood ranges between 4% to 6% AAU.

 

[Revvy]

Think of it this way...

Different chilie peppers produce different levels of heat.

Your taste buds likes heat but can only handle a certain amount of it maybe 75 skoville units. Let's say 50 skoville units worth of heat is your dream spiciness. Just enough burn to make you sweat, but still plenty of flavor...so you try to make all your chillies that level of burn.

If one jalopenio produces 25 skoville units, in a pot of chillie, you would use 2 to get it as hot as you like.

If one habanero produces 200 skoville units on the other hand, you would only need 1 quarter of a pepper, to get the same effect.

If a ghost chilli produces 1 million skoville units, all you do is wave it over your chilli, like Budweiser does with hops.

It's pretty much the same with AAUs- Bitterness units. Different hops (even within the same species) produce different amount of acids, so if you are striving for x amount of bitterness you have to tailor the overall amount to match what you are striving for.

 

[BEERDEN]

Thanks everyone.......I'll order 5 oz.....Then i can read the package when it gets here......Yes I'm ordering online.......Thanks again for helping this newbie.......

 

[BEERDEN]

OK....I will be ordering from Morebeer......There website say's the Mt.Hood AA Range is 4-8 %......Soooooo ???

 

[microbusbrewery]

OK....I will be ordering from Morebeer......There website say's the Mt.Hood AA Range is 4-8 %......Soooooo ???

So if the hops you receive indicate 8% AA per ounce and you want 4 AAU, then you'd use half an ounce.

 

[TyTanium]

AAU is simply hop weight (oz) x %AA

So if you need 4 AAU, you can back into oz
at 4% AA, you need 1 oz = 1oz x 4% AA = 4AAU
at 8% AA you need 0.5oz = 0.5oz x 8% = 4AAU

So the most you'd need is ~2oz
8AAU total = 4% x 2oz

EDIT: +1.5oz flamout addition = 3.5oz total
(thanks bernerbrau)

 

[bernerbrau]

AAU is simply hop weight (oz) x %AA

So if you need 4 AAU, you can back into oz
at 4% AA, you need 1 oz = 1oz x 4% AA = 4AAU
at 8% AA you need 0.5oz = 0.5oz x 8% = 4AAU

So the most you'd need is ~2oz
8AAU total = 4% x 2oz

Not counting his flameout addition.

 

[TyTanium]

Not counting his flameout addition.

Good catch, thanks. Corrected post.

 

[BEERDEN]

GREAT......Thanks Guy's......Love this site

 

[JRems]

Let me know if you need anything, I'm in your town so I'm not far. I have plenty of hops, and grain so you don't have to order online. There is also a homebrew shop in croton on Hudson, which will have what you need as well.